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  • Ephesians 2:3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 3 Yes, among them we all at one time conducted ourselves in harmony with the desires of our flesh,+ carrying out the will of the flesh and of our thoughts,+ and we were naturally children of wrath+ just as the rest.

  • Ephesians 2:3
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 3 ἐν in οἷς whom καὶ also ἡμεῖς we πάντες all ἀνεστράφημέν were turned up ποτε sometime ἐν in ταῖς the ἐπιθυμίαις desires τῆς of the σαρκὸς flesh ἡμῶν, of us, ποιοῦντες doing τὰ the θελήματα wills τῆς of the σαρκὸς flesh καὶ and τῶν of the διανοιῶν, mental perceptions, καὶ and ἤμεθα we were τέκνα children φύσει to nature ὀργῆς of wrath ὡς as καὶ also οἱ the λοιποί·— leftover (ones);—

  • Ephesians 2:3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 3 Yes, among them we all at one time conducted ourselves in harmony with the desires of our flesh,+ doing the things willed by the flesh+ and the thoughts, and we were naturally children of wrath+ even as the rest.

  • Ephesians 2:3
    The Bible in Living English
    • 3*** among whom we too, all of us, once lived our life in the desires of our flesh, doing the things willed by the flesh and the mind, and were by nature objects of anger the same as the rest.

  • Ephesians 2:3
    American Standard Version
    • 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:--

  • Ephesians 2:3
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 3 Among whom also we all had our behaviour at one time in the covetings of our flesh, doing the things desired by the flesh and the mind, And were children by nature of anger—even as the rest,—

  • Ephesians 2:3
    King James Version
    • 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  • Ephesians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 2:3 w95 9/1 4; rs 374; w87 4/15 10; w87 9/15 11-12

  • Ephesians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:3 w80 3/15 16; w64 524; w61 69

  • Ephesians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:3

      The Watchtower,

      9/1/1995, p. 4

      9/15/1987, pp. 11-12

      4/15/1987, pp. 10-11

      Reasoning, p. 374

  • Ephesians Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:3

      we were naturally children of wrath: Adam willfully disobeyed God, bringing sin and death to all his descendants. (Ro 5:12, 19) This inherited imperfection made them “naturally,” or by nature, “children of wrath,” who merit God’s disfavor and who deserve death. (De 32:5; Ro 2:5; 3:10; Eph 5:6; Col 1:21; 3:6) However, they are no longer “children of wrath” because they resist their inherent, sinful inclination and accept the merciful provision of becoming reconciled to him. (Joh 3:36) “Because of his great love,” God provided “the ransom paid by Christ Jesus.”​—Eph 2:4, 5; Ro 3:23, 24.

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